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Camelinae

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Camelinae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Camelinae
Zittel, 1893
Tribes

Camelinae is a subfamily of artiodactyls of the family Camelidae. Camelinae include the tribes Camelini and Lamini. A third tribe, Camelopini, created by S. D. Webb (1965), was formerly included, but was discarded by J. A. Harrison (1979) after it was shown to be polyphyletic: it consisted of the genera Camelops and Megatylopus, which were moved to Camelini and Lamini respectively.[1]

Taxonomy

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Camelinae was named by Gray (1821). Its type is Camelus. It was assigned to Camelidae by Stanley et al. (1994) and Ruez (2005).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Harrison, J. A (1979). "Revision of the Camelinae (Artiodactyla, Tylopoda) and description of the new genus Alforjas". University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. 95 (4): 1–28. hdl:1808/3664.
  2. ^ Ruez, D. R. (September 2005). "Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (3): 741–744. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0741:EROPMC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524496.